Mikhail Voskresensky is among the most outstanding Russian pianists, with an international reputation in the great Romantic tradition. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory under Prof. Lev Oborin (piano) and Prof. Leonid Roizman (organ).

Prize-winner of Schumann International Competition in Berlin, International Competition in Rio de Janeiro, George Enescu International Competition in Bucarest and Van Cliburn Competition in Texas – USA.

In 1957 the young pianist took part in the Prague Spring Festival where he performed the European premiere of Shostakovich Second Piano concerto with the presence of Shostakovich himself.
Voskresensky’s concert geography is very large. He performed in almost all countries of Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, USA, Mexico and Peru. His appearances in the international festivals of Tours, Colmar and Aix-en-Provence were highly acclaimed by the critics: “Voskresensky is not only an outstanding virtuoso, he lives in music and plunges into its depths…” Semaines Musicales, Tours.
During his New York debut his performance of Liszt Sonata and 5-th Scriabin sonata was highly estimated. Voskresensky’s large repertoire includes all Beethoven sonatas, all works of Chopin, 57 piano concertos with orchestra, played under the baton of more than 150 conductors, among them John Pritchard, Franz Konwitschny, Kurt Mazur, Stanislav Scrowachewsky, Eugeny Svetlanov, Kiril Kondrashin, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, etc.

As a chamber music player he performed with Borodin Quartet, Shostakovich Quartet, Tokyo Quartet in New York; with the violinists M.Yashvili (all violin sonatas of Beethoven in 2004-05 season), R.Nodel and P.Berman, cellists E.Altman and A.Kniazev. He recorded more than 40 CD’s

Voskresensky is a distinguished professor at the Moscow Conservatory, the chair of the professorship of piano faculty. His pupils have won 111 international prizes including 47 gold medals. In 2001-04 Prof. Voskresensky taught in Toho Gakuen University in Tokyo where his pupils had won 12 different prizes including Akiko Yamamoto’s triumph at Schumann International competition in Zwickau in 2004.

M.Voskresensky was invited in the juries of the competitions in Sydney, London, Leeds, Geneva, Hamamatsu, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and many others. He was a jury member of the last Tchaikovsky Competition and constantly is the Chairman of Scriabin International Competition in Moscow and President of Scriabin International Society.

Not so long ago he played the First concerto by Shostakovich in Beijing and the First concerto by Tchaikovsky in Shanghai under the baton of Charles Dutoit. In the fall of 2007 during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of his teacher Lev Oborin, Voskresensky played in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory the Forth concerto by Beethoven under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazi and the Second concerto by Brahms with Leonid Nikolaev.

 

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